Despite rapid spread of digital technologies in India, nearly a billion people still need to connect to the internet for pushing growth, creating jobs and accessing public services, says a World Bank report.

With the World Bank reportedly listing questionable practices in highway projects in UP and Bihar funded by it, Road Transport Minister C P Joshi on Tuesday said government has no connection "with corruption" and has asked for facts from the NHAI.

Critics of the Left Front in West
Bengal may have blamed its 34-year rule for underdevelopment
there, but a World Bank report has commended the state for
growth and poverty reduction in the Ganga basin.